Boston Children's Hospital
Thoracic Surgery
Dr. Frank A. Pigula, MD
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Dr. Frank A. Pigula practices Thoracic Surgery. He graduated from University of Vermont College of Medicine. He received awards:"Fellow (FACS)" and "Super Doctor". Dr. Frank A. Pigula is also published. He has 60 publications published. The lastest publication: "Biventricular repair for common atrioventricular canal defect with parachute left atrioventricular valve†.'
Publications
- Biventricular repair for common atrioventricular canal defect with parachute left atrioventricular Valve†.
- Surgical approaches to critical aortic stenosis with unicommissural Valve in neonates.
- Ring-Reinforced Sano Conduit at Norwood Stage I Reduces Proximal Conduit Obstruction.
- Risk factors for prolonged length of stay after the stage 2 procedure in the single-ventricle reconstruction trial.
- Actuators: a bioinspired soft actuated material (adv. Mater. 8/2014).
- A Bioinspired Soft Actuated Material.
- Hypercoagulability panel testing predicts thrombosis in neonates undergoing cardiac surgery.
- Inadequate technical performance scores are associated with late mortality and late reintervention.
- Hypercoagulability Markers Predict Thrombosis in Single Ventricle Neonates Undergoing Cardiac Surgery.
- Predictors of reintervention after repair of interrupted aortic arch with ventricular Septal defect.
- The radiographic appearance of split Blake drains: what you see is not necessarily what you get.
- Surgical repair of truncal Valve regurgitation.
- Biventricular Conversion After Single-Ventricle Palliation in Unbalanced Atrioventricular Canal Defects.
- A single-center experience with luminal venous cannulae obstruction caused by clot formation during bypass.
- Design and rationale of safe pediatric euglycemia After cardiac surgery: A randomized controlled trial of tight glycemic control After pediatric cardiac surgery.
- Outcomes of transcatheter approach for initial treatment of Pulmonary atresia with intact ventricular septum.
- Staged left ventricular recruitment after single-ventricle palliation in patients with borderline left Heart hypoplasia.
- Inhaled carbon monoxide provides cerebral cytoprotection in pigs.
- Improving left ventricular outflow tract obstruction repair in common atrioventricular canal Defects.
- Technical Performance Scores in Congenital Cardiac Operations: A Quality Assessment Initiative.
- Ebstein's Malformation of the Tricuspid Valve: Short-term Outcomes of the "Cone Procedure" versus Conventional Surgery.
- Younger age and valve oversizing are predictors of structural valve deterioration after Pulmonary valve replacement in patients with tetralogy of Fallot.
- Outcomes and Risk Factors for Mortality in Premature Neonates With Critical Congenital Heart Disease.
- Early postoperative severity of illness predicts outcomes after the stage I Norwood procedure.
- Massive air embolism in a Fontan patient.
- Early reintervention on the Pulmonary arteries and right ventricular outflow tract after neonatal or early infant repair of truncus arteriosus using homograft conduits.
- Right ventricle and tricuspid valve function at midterm after the Fontan operation for hypoplastic left Heart syndrome: impact of shunt type.
- Relationship of intraoperative cerebral oxygen saturation to neurodevelopmental outcome and brain magnetic resonance imaging at 1 year of age in infants undergoing biv...
- Neonatal closure of a large coronary-cameral fistula in a case of single coronary artery: the utility of intraoperative angiography.
- Primary left ventricular rehabilitation is effective in maintaining two-ventricle physiology in the borderline left Heart.
- Long-term results of right ventricular outflow tract reconstruction in neonatal cardiac surgery: options and outcomes.
- Outcomes after anatomic repair for d-transposition of the great arteries with left ventricular outflow tract obstruction.
- Removal of a sewing needle from an occult esophageal ingestion in a 9-month-old.
- Cerebral oximetry during infant cardiac surgery: evaluation and relationship to early postoperative outcome.
- Pulmonary valve replacement in tetralogy of Fallot: impact on survival and ventricular tachycardia.
- True aneurysmal dilatation of a contegra conduit after right ventricular outflow tract reconstruction: a novel mechanism of conduit Failure.
- Association between intraoperative and early postoperative glucose levels and adverse outcomes after complex Congenital heart surgery.
- Measurement of technical performance in surgery for Congenital heart disease: the stage I Norwood procedure.
- Mitral Valve replacement in infants and children 5 years of age or younger: evolution in practice and outcome over three decades with a focus on supra-annular prosthes...
- Factors associated with prolonged recovery after the fontan operation.
- Survival and clinical course at Fontan after stage one palliation with either a modified Blalock-Taussig shunt or a right ventricle to Pulmonary artery conduit.
- Surgical outcome for patients with the mitral stenosis-aortic atresia variant of hypoplastic left Heart syndrome.
- Coarctectomy reduces neoaortic arch obstruction in hypoplastic left Heart syndrome.
- Early repair of hemitruncus: excellent early and late outcomes.
- Surgery for aortic arch Disease in the neonate.
- Contemporary results and current strategies in the management of hypoplastic left Heart syndrome.
- Echocardiographic diagnosis and management of bilateral coronary ostial atresia in a patient with Pulmonary atresia and intact ventricular septum.
- Images in cardiovascular medicine. Cardiac hemangioma.
- Autologous patch angioplasty of the left main coronary artery in a pediatric patient: 7-year follow-up.
- Traumatic aortic transection in a child with an anomalous right subclavian artery.
- Closed correction of systemic semilunar Valve insufficiency in the neonate.
- Long-term survival after pediatric cardiac transplantation and postoperative ECMO support.
- Intrapericardial teratoma in a neonate.
- Interim mortality in infants with systemic-to-Pulmonary artery shunts.
- Intramural left coronary artery associated with right ventricular outflow tract obstruction.
- Competing perfusion strategies: effect on microvascular oxygen tension.
- Case report of combined pediatric Heart-lung-liver transplantation.
- Successful late reintervention after the arterial switch procedure.
- Arch reconstruction without circulatory arrest: scientific basis for continued use and application to patients with arch anomalies.
Schools
University Of Vermont College Of Medicine
University Pittsburgh
Procedures Preformed
- Cardiac Shunting Procedures With or Without Aortic Repair or Coronary Anomaly Repair
- Cardioverter-Defibrillator or Pacemaker Insertion, Removal or Repair
- Maze Procedure
- Valve Repair or Replacement (Aortic, Mitral, Tricuspid, and Pulmonary)
Conditions Treated
- Arrhythmias (incl. Atrial Fibrillation)
- Cardiomyopathy
- Coarctation of the Aorta
- Congenital Heart Disease
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Doctors Specialties
- Cardiac Surgery
- Thoracic Surgery
Accepted Insurances
Awards
- Fellow (FACS)
- Super Doctor
Education
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University of Pittsburgh Medical Center -
University of Vermont - Fletcher Allen Health Care -
University of Vermont College of Medicine
Hospital
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Boston Children's Hospital -
University of Louisville Hospital
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